Underneath the fraud and bribery allegations dogging SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is a “stunningly cheap” stock that could turn the company into takeover bait, analysts and shareholders say, possibly even attracting Warren Buffett.

It seems Mitel Networks was serious about trying to become its industry consolidator. Less than four months after withdrawing its attempt to acquire rival ShoreTel of California, Mitel on Monday announced

Canada’s budget watchdog is studying the “prodigious” growth of federal lending through Crown corporations and other agencies, now totalling more than $200 billion, with little scrutiny from public servants or Parliament.

By Colin Perkel
TORONTO A demand that four Ontario families pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal costs to billion-dollar companies is a thinly disguised warning to anyone pondering a challenge